Blog 12: Neighborhood Values

The people in my neighborhood value their money and their pride in community.  I value my community as well and the way others view it as a whole.  I value my family and the safety of them in our neighborhood and daily lives. Based my utopia you would think that these things are important to me.  In my utopia, I say I would want my family and loved ones to be there with me in this sunny, beautiful, heaven-like place.  I know that I could have all the superficial things in the world and I still would not be complete without them.

Blog 11

My Neighborhood:

The "neighborhood" I come from is called Springboro, Oho.  It's a small little town that prides itself our their sports teams.  I love going to high school there.  It wasn't too small of a town where everyone knew your name, but it wasn't too big to where you never saw familiar faces.  It's just right for me.  I think it's a perfect place to raise a family and get your life started at.  Everyone in Springboro is fairly wealthy so sometimes it seems as though everyone is competing to have nicer things, and the town can be pretty gossipy.  But there's downfalls in every town or neighborhood.  I couldn't have asked for a better place to call my home, I'm proud of where I come from!

Blog 10

On the walk with Robert Gilbert it was harder for me to get intrigued because it's just things I'm not really interested in.  But it turned out that I learned quite a bit of information from our walk with him.  I thought it was really cool how they made those race cars that move from energy from the light.  I thought Robert Gilbert had a lot of useful information to share but I enjoyed our previous walk more.

Blog 9

My Utopia:
If I could create any place to be my own it'd probably be a place that I hope my heaven will be like.  I want it to be sunny and beautiful all the time.  I want it to have an ocean and my favorite candies and foods that grow off the trees.  I want my family and everyone I love to be there too.  I would want there to be tons of flowers and plant life around.  It's kind of hard for me to think of things like this since I'm such a realist, but if I could imagine any place to call my own this is what it would be similiar to.

Blog 8

The last argument I got in was with my mom.  We argue a lot just because we're a lot alike.  This fight was about her car.  We have to share a car right now because I don't have my own car anymore.  It causes a lot of problems.  She complains when I use her car but yet she won't help me pay for another one.  We were both working on the same day and I needed to take her to work so I could use the car and for some reason she didn't want me to.  It was really dumb.  I guess if someone had to win it would have been me because I ended up taking her to work and then using her car so I could drive to work. 

Blog 7

Before the nature walk I had mixed feelings about it.  I didn't see how going on a walk would benefit any of us in this class.  But now I'm very glad we did it.  I had a lot of fun!  And for some people I can see how nature would give them something to write about.  I don't really get much inspiration from nature but I do see the beauty of it.  I'm really glad we did it!

Blog 6

I normally just hate revising papers, I feel like after I finish a draft then that is the best it can be.  But I've slowly been learning that that's not true at all.  After my peer responses I knew I needed to add more detail.  I think with all the extra detail I added you will be able to feel as though you're there with me, or you'll know exactly how I feel.  That's what I'm hoping for!

Blog 5

The topic I have chosen to write about today is my baby brother, Chase.  He is seven years old and he will be turning eight on September 21st.  He is the most incredible little boy in the world.  He looks up to me and loves me unconditionally and it is the best feeling in the world.  He's the star of his baseball team and he loves reading and school in general.  I always think about how I never want him to grow up.  I never want him to get hurt or have anyone break his heart.  I wish I could protect him forever.  Chase is going to grow up and be an outstanding person, I just know it.  I'm excited to watch him grow up and become a good man.  And I'm excited to help him along the way.

Blog 4

In my opinion, this was a very well written and all around good memoir.  It kept me interested and had my attention throughout the whole reading.  It's a memoir because it goes in detail in explaining a certain situation or event or person that has had an impact on your life.  This author tells the story of when he went to visit his dad when he knew he was about to die and throughout the story we learn more of the authors relationship with his father and where they stand today.  This memoir sparked memories of my childhood, not the same kind of memories though.  The author of this story clearly has bad memories of his childhood with his father, I on the other hand, have very good memories of my childhood with my father and the rest of my family.

Blog 2

Prompt 1:
I think he means by this sentence that you can interpret the howl of the wolf anyway you'd like, but only the mountain has been around long enough or is wise enough to know the truth.  Or in other words, no one knows the true meaning.

Prompt 2:
When Leopold repeats the idea that "in wildness is the salvation of the world" I think he means that we should always continue to help perserve the wildlife around us, because indeed that is where the salvation of the world is.

Blog 3: Responding to the Videos

This video made me better understand the conservationist lifestyle of Aldo Leopold.  I did not know that his writing and views had such a great impact on the people around him and that they were so fascinated with him.

In the second video I learned a lot about the county I lived in that I had no idea about.  I had no idea a flood even happened and that it killed that many people, or even the improvements they have made in Montgomery county since then.  I also learned a lot about how they regulate the water in the streams/rivers throughout the counties.

If I were to hear the howling of wolves or see the tracks of mountain lion I would be very afriad.  I think pretty much anyone would be, because that is our instinct: to be scared.  I, myself, probably wouldn't do anything directly about it.  Espestially if I never came in contact with the animals. 

Blog 1: Responding to "Thinking Like a Mountain"

Overall, I think Leopold's essay is well written and somewhat interesting.  I find it interesting that the killing of a wolf triggers him to thinking more deeply about the world around him.  He takes meaning from this situation that he was in and makes it into something most people would have never thought of.  He changes from this experience and learns a great deal, and shares it with others and I like that about it.  For me, it does not spark any certain memories.  Although, I have been in situations where something occuring has made me feel differently about it, but I can't think of any certain instances.

Freewrite

My favorite place in the world is the beach.  I grew up in Newport Beach, California so I've always been very familiar with it.  I've grown up listening to the waves crash into the sand and the smell of salt water on your skin when you emerge from the water.  I loved getting ice cream on the pier with my friends and family and just hanging out by the ocean on sunny days after school.  These are memories I'll never forget and I will always cherish them.  My favorite part about this place is that it hasn't changed and it never will.